Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- pronoun Informal Himself or herself. Used as a gender-neutral reflexive pronoun.
- pronoun Nonstandard Themselves.
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- pronoun
Reflexive andemphatic form ofthem when them is used as a non-gender-specific singular pronoun (singular they ).
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Examples
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Behind us those quirks multiply to the point where even the protagonist themself is one, the god of myth.
A Theory of Modes and Modalities Hal Duncan 2009
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Behind us those quirks multiply to the point where even the protagonist themself is one, the god of myth.
Archive 2009-07-01 Hal Duncan 2009
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[Obama] does what politicians do, he was asking ALL American to think, and ask themself, is Barack Obama telling them {American people} the truth about himself.
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[Obama] does what politicians do, he was asking ALL American to think, and ask themself, is Barack Obama telling them {American people} the truth about himself.
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The only way that group will change is within themself, but now you'll can't cry uncle later about anything.
Obama: 'Everybody needs to settle down' about VP choice 2008
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One has to have faith in themself in order to believe that they matter.
Smart Women, Toxic Men | The Stiletto Gang The Stiletto Gang 2008
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After all, how could someone calling themself a progressive not sense the importance of what it means to have an African-American so close to the presidency?
Hillary's Internet Guru: Obama's Web Team Deserves Tremendous Credit 2009
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After all, how could someone calling themself a progressive not sense the importance of what it means to have an African-American so close to the presidency?
Hillary's Internet Guru: Obama's Web Team Deserves Tremendous Credit 2009
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The someone calls themself teddaily, and their comment reads:
August 31st, 2009 sarcobatus 2009
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After all, how could someone calling themself a progressive not sense the importance of what it means to have an African-American so close to the presidency?
CBS/NYT Poll: Obama Led McCain By Six Points Before He Clinched The Nomination 2009
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